We've had 3D glasses, 4D and even 5D movies, but now a Bristol multiplex cinema is offering what it is describing as the 'next generation of immersive film experience' – a film where you can decide what happens next.

A film being screened early next month at the Vue in Cribbs Causeway gives the audience themselves the chance to control the direction of the film via their smartphones – with regular choices that are decided by people watching.

The film, called Late Shift, has one start and first chapter, but then the decisions take over and ultimately there are hundreds of different ways the story could go, and ultimately seven different endings.

People can download it onto their laptops or phones and watch the first chapter, but the movie, which is set in London and is a fast-paced thriller, is also being screened in selected cinemas, including at Cribbs.

"This interactive thriller will keep film and games fans on the edge of their seats," said Mark Collins, the Vue's general manager. "We are delighted to provide our viewers with the best seat in the house to decide the fate of the movie's lead character.

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"Filmed on location in London, the movie's lead character is a student called Matt, left proving his innocence after being forced to take part in a brutal heist at a famous auction house. The consequences of his actions take him on a vicious and sometimes violent journey across the capital, escaping the twisted web the audience has the power to weave. Will he save the day? Will he obey the law? You decide," he added.

In the cinema screening, the decisions on what happens next is taken by a majority vote, and the film-makers said that the possibilities are endless.

"Technically it's hard to say how many endings there really are," said a spokesman for the film production company. "Depending on how you count them, you could even come to up to nine endings… Sometimes the outcome is very similar, but you might have taken a significantly different path to the ending and experienced a variation of the storyline. But we believe that at least seven endings are different enough to say that it's a different story.

"In certain cases, especially at the beginning of the experience, decisions don't seem to have a lot of impact and you might get the feeling of being pushed back on a linear path of the story.

"But this is definitely not the case and there are many decision points, which change the storyline substantially. Firstly, we had to build up the plot until to a decisive moment in the story and the story tree will branch up more beyond this point. Secondly, some of your decisions are stored as variables in the background and can have an important impact later on in the story. Your decisions matter – always," they added.

The film is being screened at Vue on Thursday, April 6, and anyone wanting to see it will have to book in advance and receive instructions on downloading the app so they can take part.